ORIGINAL: goatbrother
No trouble at all with my 917V, it likes the CCI and Hornady 17 and 20 grain hollow points. Best 50 yd 5 shot group with the 17 grainers measured 0.290". Hope you Savage works out. Actually I've read more people complain about poor accuracy from the Savage than the Marlins, but each gun is different. I'm very happy with my Marlin.
I honestly don't think I have ever heard someone complain about the accuracy on a Savage, and certainly not when compared to a Marlin.
I've had some older Marlin .22s I got super cheap second hand that weren't worth a hoot.
For the most part, most of the new ones are just fine.
I've yet to see another mass produced, main line firearm that will out perfrom a Savage on an overall basis. There are single cases of course, but I know I have never seen, and don't recall ever hearing of a Savage rifle in any caliber, when in decent hands with good optics and bullets that wouldn't shoot around or under 1.25" groups, with many pushing .75"